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Greetings and welcome to the Calavo Growers Incorporated First Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Lisa Mueller, Investor Relations. Thank you, Lisa, you may begin. Lisa Mueller -- Senior Vice President Thank you, operator and thank you all for joining us today to discuss Calavo Growers first quarter 2021 financial results. This afternoon we issued our earnings release and this document is available in the Investor Relations section of our website at ir.calavo.com. I'm here today with Jim Gibson, Chief Executive Officer of Calavo ...

More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet March 1, 2021 at 10:47 am Founders’ Co-op Managing Partner Chris DeVore (left) and General Partner Aviel Ginzburg. (Founders’ Co-op Photo) Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised a $50 million fund to help fuel another batch of Pacific Northwest startups. It’s the firm’s fifth and largest fund to date since launching in 2008, and is double the size of the fourth fund raised in 2018. Founder...

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United’s re-Fresh Experience now available on-demand The United re-Fresh Experience concluded its 10th session last week, wrapping up the live experiences in January. This approach to gathering the industry in dialogue to address critical topics was an opportunity for fresh produce companies and professionals to start the new year with purpose. “The United re-Fresh Experience was exceptional,” said Craig Fields, director, account management, Northwest, RPE, “More than 30 of our employees participated in sessions that met their specific functions within the company. The content exceede...

Avenues for food waste explored Avenues for food waste explored by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The U.S. is the global leader in food waste, discarding nearly 40 million tons of food every year according to the EPA. That’s 8 billion pounds of food, more than $160 billion or roughly 220 pounds of food waste per person within the country. While these numbers are staggering, inroads are being made within food waste recycling programs across the U.S. As Arnold Bowers, business solutions director at ENGIE Impact exp...